Friday, February 24, 2012

I tried making homemade Pop Tarts without a press once, and they looked almost too ugly to eat... Almost. Here's a quick run down of how to make your own Pop Tarts! Trust me, you're gonna want a press:

Mix together to form a dough ball. Refrigerate for 30 minutes before rolling. If you slept in this morning like I did, just start rollin' baby! I do not claim to be a professional chef btw... let's make that perfectly clear right now ;)

Roll the dough really thin. If you do this right, you should wind up with 10 or so complete pastries. Cut your pastries with the large cutter. Place on a cookie sheet lined with kitchen parchment. Add about a Tablespoon of topping. We use mini chocolate chips or strawberry freezer jam. Top with another pastry. Press firmly with the small press. Bake at 425 for 10 minutes. Combine a cup of powdered sugar with a tiny bit of milk for the glaze. Top with sprinkles & eat while warm & gooey :)

You can fill these babies with whatever you want... marshmallows, Nutella, fresh fruit, brown sugar & cinnamon... endless possibilities. You can also use a refrigerated pie crust! There's a pastry recipe on the box as well, but it's complicated... and as I mentioned before, I slept in.

Yes, you could just open a cardboard box & zap a "proper" Pop Tart for 10 seconds, but it wouldn't taste this **AMAZING**, and it certainly wouldn't be this much fun :)

Thoroughly In Earnest...

My motto in life comes from my favorite book, David Copperfield, written by Charles Dickens. In chapter forty-two he writes:

"My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest."

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"My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest."— Charles Dickens